Saying that will be something on the 8th of January is so much buildup? …

ronin4life

It all started with one of the big pokemon devs saying he hoped to evolve the world of pokemon in 2013 in a new years outlook statement. Then an announcement was… announced to be happening on the 8th. THEN that it would be world-wide. THEN that it would be a ND.

Still wouldn’t surprise me if it wad relatively umderwhelming, but I’d say there is a fair amount of built-up hype.

Krisi92

Well… It wasn’t underwhelming at all. :D

Brian

There are only three things that I want from Game Freak Pokemon Snap 2, R/S/E full 3D remake on the 3DS or a new pokemon colosseum for the Wii U. If I get any one of these things tomorrow I will be happy :3

Except in the metagame it’s been relegated to Underused because of its typing, much like Mew has been because of how aggressive and hard hitting the game has become. That and Stealth Rocks and the prevalence of dark-typing do a lot to Victini.

Not surprised to see Victini banned, but I personally found the type combination to be super useful for the single-player game. Fire basically makes up for Psychic’s weakness to Bug type and both types have some really hard-hitting moves.

komiko12

Psychic has been now considered quite weak compared to how it was in 1st gen. It is only super effective against Poison (not used much) and Fighting (which is now quite strong and has many ways to counter Psychics).

Fire, while strong offensively, has also very common counters like Water (the most abundant Pokemon type) and Ground (another hard hitting type.)

It’s not so much typing though as it is support and the abilities to help it out.

Take Alakazam as an example. Before B/W, not considering RBY and possibly GSC, you had him in the low end of the totem pole for UU, now he’s back in OU thanks to Magic Guard being an ability of his. It makes him a fine thing to have for entry deterrence and weather teams if you want to mix it up even if he can tend to be a bit of a glass cannon. It’s still a fast glass cannon.

Cloyster is another one that got support through Skill Link over time and made it a great way to counter a lot of threats from Dragon types. Not to mention Shell Smash + White Herb makes it a force to be reckoned with and makes things such as Roar/Dragon Tail more common to deal with.

Game’s always changing. You never know what Game Freak may do by accident or by a stroke of genius. Mostly by accident I notice though but hey. >_>

komiko12

True. simple things can change the game…

Drizzle Politoed made its way to many rain teams only because of its ability.

Eviolite made lots of Pokemon more viable in OU and UU like Chansey and Porygon2..

In metagame fights, Victini is actually still allowed, but in official Pokemon fights it and every ‘legendary’ that ever came out since Mewtwo is banned.

Which is interesting because Blaziken and Excadrill is considered an Uber yet is not banned from the official matches (though I rarely see it used). Speed Boost and Sand Rush can be downright terrifying.

OverlordZetta

The problem with Fire is that it has a ton of weaknesses, and not a lot of the things you can pair it with actually help those weaknesses out. Fire/Fighting is one of the few types that helps Fire out and also gives it advantages that make the Pokemon successful – it’s why, objectively, the three Fire/Fighting starters are some of the best starters of all 15, whereas Charizard and Typhlosion are down near the bottom. Fire is just a risky type like that.
Besides, we had three Grass/nothing and Water/nothing starters too you know, and personally I find that a much more offensive thing than them daring to dual type fire four times, even if they used the same type a few times.

SirRichard

Alright, definitely not a movie/event monster then, if they’re rolling out Directs for it. It’s definitely a game of some sort, and if they’re dedicating a Direct to it then they really want people to know about this one. Here’s hoping for something cool.

Sounds far more plausible that Gen 6 and a little more than RSE for its timing honestly.

Like the post reply says, I’d be okay with this.

Otoya

I guess the new thing is most probably going with 3DS. If is the 6th gen, I hope they do something better for starter, like giving an eevee. XD

OverlordZetta

Well, depending on what this is, I might have to finally invest in a 3DS.
So which version of BW2 is a sequel to White? Probably should get on that.

SirRichard

White 2, funnily enough.

OverlordZetta

Well that’s just shocking. Thank you!

Suicunesol

So in order to watch this live, I have to wake up at 3:00am tomorrow… :(

PST got the short end of the stick I guess.

Josh Strange

its going to be a pokemon game for the Vita, 360, and Ps3 only. it’s quite obviously really :D

ZEROthefirst

Pokemon WiiU in 1080P, you can go through all regions from Red/Blue through Black/White… Plus a new region and more to exploooooore!!!
Just kidding about the HD thing. To me Pokemon in HD just sounds and feels weird, but I would love to see everything else up there for a 3DS game or something :D (I’d also love a R/S/E re-make sometime in the future, because I’m sure a big worldwide announcement like this isn’t going to be for a re-make)

PhilliesFlyers89

I’d be happy with anything as long as the pacing is better than B2W2. The linier style the Unova region had was fine in Black and White, but man, I couldn’t even finish B2W2. Kinda has me hoping for a Hoenn remake, but I would like a gen 6 game as long as its not to story based and a better region design.

Andrew Arndt

will probly pop it on via wii u if im not playing a game on it

Anesia Hunter

how many of you think this’ll be iOS?

TiredOfMyOldUsername

This is nintendo not Square-Enix.

Nameless App 1989

There was a Pokedex for iOS, that gave us access to Meloetta on Day 1, and I believe there was a tutorial app for the TCG.

LOL yeah. Being a Nintendo IP, I don’t think we’ll see this in iOS or Android or anything that’s not Nintendo or owned by Nintendo in a while. Unless Nintendo were to partner with Apple but I really don’t see it happening.

I’m trying not to get hyped for this, as it could very well be like a teaser for a new downloadable legendary pokemon of sorts.

Then again, I was never the biggest pokemon fan. I like red/blue and black/white, and I love those because they were the first pokemon games which, imo, actually improved on the old formula. So I really hope the next Pokemon entry will do even more to improve on all of that.

komiko12

Pokemon is so famous, it gets to have it own Nintendo Direct.

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Actually there’s a whole category for this, it’s called Nintendo Direct Mini, they’re the same as the normal ones except they only focus on one game.

komiko12

From what I’ve seen in Serebii, it is a special Nintendo direct called “Pokemon Direct” so I assume it is a Direct solely for Pokemon. Haven’t seen anyone mention about this presentation being just a a “mini”

Now, that would work if we didn’t have such small classes, the teachers can see everything. Besides, I have midterms coming up next week and we’re still learning things, I need to absorb as much as possible.

Herok♞

well then that is a bad situation then but good luck on your midterms and don’t worry the annoucement will still be epic if its unspoiled.

Guys. Guys. Guys. Hear me out: Generation VI, 3 versions, 2 versions for the 3DS, one version for the WiiU. Kind of like Monster Hunter, you can play local with the 3DS with friends and Online with friends with the wiiU version. Wouldn’t that be AWESOME?! Also, just updated graphics, but the same over the top view

I caught that earlier but I didn’t want to mention it, lest we got people’s hopes up any further. This thing has been hyped up to some pretty dangerous levels by now, haha. But yeah, if Masuda is talking it up, it’s gotta be something neat.